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US Republican Party presidential contender Nikki Haley plans on ending her presidential campaign on Wednesday, multiple US media sources reported on Wednesday. US daily The Wall Street Journal cited sources familiar with her plans and said she would be making an appearance to deliver remarks at around 10 a.m. ET (1500 GMT). Haley’s solitary win sets stage for Trump-Biden rematch The expected decision clears the way for Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate who will most likely once again face off with Democratic President Joe Biden in November. Haley, who served as the US ambassador to the UN under Trump, became his…

Donald Trump is set to be the Republican candidate for president as his last remaining rival Nikki Haley is due to pull out of the race.A source familiar with Haley’s plans has confirmed to Sky’s US partner NBC News she will exit the race later this morning – and will not be giving an endorsement. Instead, it is understood she will encourage Mr Trump to earn the support of the Republicans and independent voters who backed her.It means Mr Trump is heading for what is almost certainly going to be a November showdown with the man who beat him in…

A London auction has sold an outfit worn by actor Colin Firth in a television version of English novelist Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” for more than twice its expected value. The ensemble — including Firth’s famous swim-soaked shirt — fetched £20,000 (about €23,400; $25,450) in the auction, plus a £5,000 buyer’s premium. The auction also featured garments worn by numerous other celebrities for television and cinema. Why is the costume so famous? The sequence sees Firth’s character Mr. Darcy swimming in a pond before emerging and encountering his future true love, Elizabeth Bennet. It was once voted the most memorable television moment in…

AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, Saturday, walked off the field in protest after being subjected to racist abuse by Udinese fans, prompting the game to be paused briefly in the first half. Messages of solidarity flooded in from viewers and FIFA’s president would later recommend tougher punishments if supporters abused players. Two days later, the league announced Udinese will play one game without fans after racist abuse of Maignan. “There is absolutely no place for racism in our game: we are appalled. We are with you, Mike,” Milan said as the incident developed during the Serie A match in Udine.  What happened…

The Communists of Russia party has asked the security service to investigate whether Western intelligence services were involved in the death of Joseph Stalin.Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1924 until he died in 1953 – the cause of death was given as haemorrhagic stroke at the time. Party chairman Sergei Malinkovich appears unsatisfied with the official version of events, however, announcing that he has asked the FSB (Federal Security Service) and prosecutors to “check the possible involvement of Western intelligence services in the death of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin”.Tuesday marked the 71st anniversary of Stalin’s death.”Many testimonies from Stalin’s contemporaries…

“I have this feeling that this constant access to the real me as a player has lowered the threshold for fans in the stadium to a point where some think they are entitled to do things which they really aren’t,” Leon Balogun said during a FIFPRO online discussion in early March. FIFPRO, the international football players’ union, says the numbers from its recent study bear him out. Three-quarters of the players unions it contacted for its men’s football workplace safety report said that workplace safety is a growing concern for professional footballers. Two-thirds said in recent years that parts of fan culture have “become increasingly…

Diana Savita Wagner hadn’t ever considered joining the military before. After abandoning a medical degree, the young woman tutored pupils in math, Latin and German, and worked as a web designer. She and her husband, a Canadian software developer, had just moved to Halle in eastern Germany, where she enrolled to study mathematics. But everything changed in March 2022, when she drove to Ukraine to provide humanitarian assistance. She had only ever heard of the country in the news. One month prior, Russia had launched a full-scale invasion of its western neighbor. Now, Wagner was transporting urgently required medicine and medical equipment…

A “hypervaccinated” patient is said to have received more than 200 COVID-19 injections in less than three years, scientists have reported. The unnamed man, a 62-year-old German national from the eastern city of Magdeburg, had 217 vaccines for “private reasons” over a period of 29 months, according to medical journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases. Academics contacted the patient after reading about him in newspaper reports – and asked if they could study his body’s response to multiple jabs.He had “no signs” of ever being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 and had not reported any vaccine side effects, according to…

A major German trade union on Monday called on Lufthansa ground staff to strike again on Thursday and Friday, March 7 and 8, as it seeks to increase pressure ahead of another round of negotiations the following week.  It said that staff should stop work from at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning (0300 GMT/UTC) until 7:10 a.m. on Saturday. Delays and cancellations are probable, with previous similar strikes disrupting flights and prompting criticism from Lufthansa. On February 20, seven German airports were affected, most Lufthansa passenger flights were grounded and around 100,000 passengers impacted. The second strike on February 28 focused…

This article includes accounts of rape and physical assault. Three Indian men have appeared in court for the gang rape of a Brazilian-Spanish tourist who was on a motorcycle tour of India with her husband. Seven men are accused of carrying out the brutal attack. Police are hunting for four other suspects, reports said on Monday. “We have formed a team to hunt the remaining suspects,” senior local police officer Pitamber Singh Kherwar said. “We have to ensure strict punishment.” What do we know about the attack? The rape took place on Friday night in the Dumka district of the eastern Indian…